Mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. c. 287 BC – c. 212 BC.
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Sir Arthur Eddington
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Admiral Robert Fitzroy
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Dr John Percy
2014: Via Facebook Martin Evans suggests this man for the name panel at IC. He was the first Professor of Metallurgy at the School of Mines so we agree, he must be our man. Born Nottingham. Trai...
Rosalind Franklin
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Francis Cranmer Penrose
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